The Thundering Wave (1957)
Middle-aged actress Victoria Maxwell comes to terms with her destructive lifestyle as she struggles with the lead role in a Broadway-bound play. Matters are complicated by the fact that she is co-starring opposite her estranged husband, Allen Grant, whom she never stopped loving.
Director: John Frankenheimer
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Arthur Batanides as Archer |
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Joan Bennett as Vickie Maxwell |
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Douglas Henderson as Art Condon |
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Helen Kleeb as Frieda |
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Jack Klugman as Lew Downs |
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James Mason as Sidney Lowe |
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Pamela Mason as Marcia Lowe |
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Robin Morse as Max Harris |
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Paulene Myers as Irma |
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Susan Oliver as Louise Grant |
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Kyra Petrovskaya as Countess Naritsky |
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Jud Taylor as Larry Noyes |
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Franchot Tone as Allen Grant |
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William Dozier as Producer (uncredited) |
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Zsa Zsa Gabor as Self (uncredited) |
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Martin Ritt as Director (uncredited) |
| Directing | John Frankenheimer | Director |
| Writing | Robert Alan Aurthur | Writer |